Released in 1971
9/10
Genre- Comedy, Thriller, Romance, Drama
Main Cast: Om Prakash, Navin Nischol, Deven Varma
and Archana
Music- Panchamda (R.D. Burman)
Story- Shyam Ramsay
Screenplay: Bimal Dutt
Direction- Hrishida (Hrishikesh Mukherjee)

Deven Varma and Navin Nischol in “Buddha Mil Gaya (1971)”

BRIEF INTRODUCTION Starting as a comedy, the film takes an interesting turn, when two unemployed youths come across an advertisement about a missing elderly fellow and the prize money associated with his hunt. The story further develops into a chilling thriller, after a never-ending murder spree starts with all the dead ones related to the elderly person in question.

The Movie “Buddha Mil Gaya” is not a simplistic thriller but a rather thoughtful and suspenseful film. The idea of putting a murder spree in a comic framework clicked well with the masses too. Om Prakash’s flawless performance and the perfect comic timing of Deven Varma and Navin Nischol were the major USPs of the film. The repeated picturization of the soulful classical “Aayo Kahan Se Ghanshyam” with Om Prakash’s character was something excitingly unique. Overall, it was a good watch with something new in it and also it was a completely different experience for a Hrishida film, a thriller by him.

Om Prakash, Deven Varma and Navin Nischol
in one of the scenes from “Buddha Mil Gaya (1971)”

P.S. The popular melody, “Raat Kali Ek Khwaab Mein Aayi” by Kishoreda belongs to this classic only…

Also, enjoy “Raat Kali Ek Khwab” from this classic in my voice, link below
“Raat Kali Ek Khwab (Short Version)”- https://youtu.be/Zi9NR-mrMsE
“Raat Kali Ek Khwab (Full Version)”- https://youtu.be/7lJTpa9jak0